The author has spent more time on world building and it makes for a creepy read with its share of gruesome moments and I was able to easily visualize the happenings. This is an action-driven horror novel and character development is on the lean side. He offers a terrifying glimpse at a huge "what if." What author Wallace started in INVASIVE SPECIES and continues in this second offering is creating a VERY scary world, one where Nature has gone wild. And some of these people have built a ship to explore this devastated world. 281 of them live in Refugia on the west coast of Africa. There are some non-affected humans left - ones that took a rare vaccine made from a plant are just some of these. Millions of people died and most of those that are left are in either parasitic slavery to the wasps or are humans enslaved by their need to stay alive. This was first described in author Wallace's novel INVASIVE SPECIES. 2 Thieves in the night.Īlmost twenty years have passed since the huge parasitic wasps known as "thieves" started swarming the earth and caused an insect apocalypse. Almost twenty years have passed since the huge parasitic wasps known as "thieves" started swarming the earth and caused an insect apocalypse. Not by a long shot.īut they may be the only ones left who are not under the thieves’ control.more And in the ruins of New York City, there’s a mysterious, powerful boy, a skilled hunter, isolated and living by his wits.Īs the survivors journey through the wastelands, they will find that they are not the only humans left on earth. In the African wilderness, there’s Aisha Rose, nearly feral, born at the end of the old world. The colony called Refugia is home to a population of 281, including scientists, a pilot, and a tough young woman named Kait. Twenty years ago, venomous parasitic wasps known as “thieves” staged a massive, apocalyptic attack on another species- Homo sapiens-putting them on the brink of extinction.īut some humans did survive. The colony called Refugia is home to a population of 281, including scientists, The new postapocalyptic thriller from the author of Invasive Species Twenty years ago, venomous parasitic wasps known as “thieves” staged a massive, apocalyptic attack on another species- Homo sapiens-putting them on the brink of extinction.
The new postapocalyptic thriller from the author of Invasive Species IT’S THEIR TERRITORY NOW.